天叢雲剣

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 叢 雲 剣
あま
Grade: 1		 むら
Jinmeiyō		 くも
Grade: 2		 つるぎ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天 (ama, “heaven”, ancient combining form) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 叢雲 (murakumo, “cloudbank”) +‎ の +‎ 剣 (tsurugi, “double-edged sword”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ no̞ mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝmo̞ no̞ t͡sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Proper noun

天叢雲剣 (hiragana あまのむらくものつるぎ, rōmaji Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi)

  1. the original name of the Sword of Kusanagi

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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